Sediments, Morphology and Sedimentary Processes on Continental Shelves

Michael Li is a research scientist at the Atlantic branch of the Geological Survey of Canada. After obtaining degrees from Ocean University of China and Oregon State University, Michael has worked in and published on the coastal and shelf systems of China, United States, and Canada. His current research interests include boundary layer dynamics and sediment transport processes through in situ measurements of instrumented seabed landers, offshore geohazards and mobility of large-scale bedforms through multibeam and sidescan surveys and sampling, physical and numerical models of hydrodynamics and sediment transport processes on continental shelves and in coastal environments. Chris Sherwood is a research oceanographer with the U. S. Geologcal Survey and works at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. Dr. Sherwood studied at Bowdoin College and the University of Washington. Before joining the USGS, he worked for the marine research division of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industry Research Organisation in Hobart, Australia. His research is focused on development of open-source models for sediment transport in coastal ocean environment, and on field measurements to evaluate the models.Phil Hill is a research scientist with the Geological Suvey of Canada.  Since graduating with degrees from the University of Oxford and Dalhousie University, he has practiced marine geology in government, universities and the private sector.  He has published on marine geology and sedimentology all around Canada, including the east and west coasts, the Beaufort Sea and Hudson Bay.

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• Preface Part 1: Sediments and morphology in shelf and coastal systemsOptimal use of multibeam technology in the study of shelf morphodynamicsJohn E. Hughes ClarkePalaeogeographic reconstruction of Hecate Strait British Columbia: changing sea levels and sedimentary processes reshape a glaciated shelfJ. Vaughn Barrie and Kim W. ConwayChanges in submarine channel morphology and slope sedimentation patterns from repeat multibeam surveys in the Fraser River delta, western CanadaPhilip R. HillRecent sedimentary processes in the Cap de Creus canyon head and adjacent continental shelf, NE Spain: evidence from multibeam bathymetry, sub-bottom profiles and coringA. García-García, T. Schoolmeester, D. Orange, A. Calafat, J. Fabres, E. Grossman, M. Field, T. Lorenson, M. Levey and M. SansoucyGeology metrics for predicting shoreline change using seabed and sub-bottom observations from the surf zone and nearshoreJesse E. McNinch and Jennifer L. MiselisRe-examination of sand ridges on the middle and outer New Jersey shelf based on combined analysis of multibeam bathymetry and backscatter, seafloor grab samples and chirp seismic dataJohn A. Goff and Catherine S. DuncanSedimentary facies of shoreface-connected sand ridges off the East Frisian barrier-island coast, southern North Sea: climatic controls and preservation potentialChang Soo Son, Burghard W. Flemming and Tae Soo ChangPart 2: Sediment transport processes, sedimentation and modellingRecent advances in understanding continental shelf sediment transportL.D. WrightRecent advances in instrumentation used to study sediment transportJon J. WilliamsSeabed disturbance and bedform distribution and mobility on the storm-dominated Sable Island Bank, Scotian ShelfMichael Z. Li, Edward L. King and Robert H. PrescottTemporal variability, migration rates and preservation potential of subaqueous dune fields generated in the Agulhas Current on the southeast African continental shelfBurghard W. Flemming and Alexander BartholomäMeasurement of bedload transport in a coastal sea using repeat swath bathymetry surveys: assessing bedload formulae using sand dune migrationGarret P. Duffy and John E. Hughes-ClarkeAnalyzing bedforms mapped using multibeam sonar to determine regional bedload sediment transport patterns in the San Francisco Bay coastal systemPatrick L. Barnard, Li Erikson, David M. Rubin, Pete Dartnell and Rikk G. KvitekSediment transport on continental shelves: storm bed formation and preservation in heterogeneous sedimentsT. R. Keen, R. L. Slingerland, S. J. Bentley, Y. Furukawa, W. J. Teague and J. D. DykesTidal influence on the transport of suspended matter in the southwestern Yellow Sea at 6 kaKatsuto Uehara and Yoshiki SaitoOrigin, transport processes and distribution pattern of modern sediments in the Yellow SeaXuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, Zhihua Chen, Jianwei Wei, Sulan Ge, Kunshan Wang, Guoqing Wang, Shouye Yang, Shuqing Qiao, Deling Cai, Zhenbo Cheng, Wenrui Bu and Hi-Ii YiSeasonal and spatial variation in suspended sediment characteristics off the Changjiang estuaryGuoqing Wang, Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, Xisheng Fang and Gang YangFactors controlling downward fluxes of particulate matter in glacier-contact and non-glacier contact settings in a subpolar fjord (Billefjorden, Svalbard)Witold Szczuciński and Marek ZajączkowskiPart 3: Application and managementOn seabed disturbance, marine ecological succession and applications for environmental management: a physical sedimentological perspectivePeter T. HarrisBenthic habitat mapping from seabed acoustic surveys: do implicit assumptions hold?Vladimir E. KostylevList of ReviewersIndex